HB2812 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 10882 JWD 41393 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2812

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that a State agency must notify the Board in writing of any intent to construct, modify, establish, close, or change the service category of any State-run healthcare facility. Requires this notification to include the facility's estimated service capacity, the location of the project, the estimated date the facility is to open, and when the facility becomes licensed. Provides that this Section is repealed five years after the effective date of this Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3960/3.5 new)

Sec. 3.5. Facilities maintained or operated by a State agency.

(a) Except for the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this Section, any construction, modification, establishment, change in categories of service, or discontinuation of a health care facility funded through an appropriation from the General Assembly and maintained or operated by a State agency is exempt from the requirements of this Act.

(b) A State agency must notify the Board in writing of any appropriation by the General Assembly for the construction, modification, establishment, or change in categories of service of a health care facility maintained or operated by the State. The State agency must include with the written notification the following information: (i) the estimated service capacity of the health care facility, (ii) the location of the project or the intended location if not identified by law, and (iii) the date the health care facility is estimated to be opened. The State agency must also notify the Board in writing when the facility has been licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health or any other licensing body. The State agency shall notify the Board in writing of any intent to close the health care facility. The State agency shall submit to the Board, on behalf of a health care facility, any annual facility questionnaires as described in Section 13 of this Act or any requests for information by the Board.

(c) This Section is repealed five years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.